it was commander rosendahl and this taken at a national balloon race in 1927. today, admiral rosendahl as chief of the navy airship training experimental command, directs the entire field of military lighter than air development for the united states. the winner of the national race from pittsburgh in 1929 was lieutenant colonel, an ardent balloon race pilot, a scientist as well. but the name settle. became much better known for a considerable different aspect of ballooning the stratosphere flight in 1933, settle went aloft 12 miles, yet sensational as that record was, it stood only two years. the reason was that stratosphere flight during the 1930s became almost an international in 34, three army men, stevens kepner anderson, tried unsuccessfully for a record. and then a year later, two of them, anderson and stevens, brilliantly, with an ascension of almost miles. what did they hope to find? why they go up? well, the main purpose was to study cosmic rays, a mysterious shaft of energy that constantly rained down on the earth. also to collect samples of air dust

it was commander rosendahl and this taken at a national balloon race in 1927. today, admiral rosendahl as chief of the navy airship training experimental command, directs the entire field of military lighter than air development for the united states. the winner of the national race from pittsburgh in 1929 was lieutenant colonel, an ardent balloon race pilot, a scientist as well. but the name settle. became much better known for a considerable different aspect of ballooning the stratosphere flight in 1933, settle went aloft 12 miles, yet sensational as that record was, it stood only two years. the reason was that stratosphere flight during the 1930s became almost an international in 34, three army men, stevens kepner anderson, tried unsuccessfully for a record. and then a year later, two of them, anderson and stevens, brilliantly, with an ascension of almost miles. what did they hope to find? why they go up? well, the main purpose was to study cosmic rays, a mysterious shaft of energy that constantly rained down on the earth. also to collect samples of air dust